John Pierce wrote: > Hello! > > I posted this to the linux wireless list and have received not > response. I thought maybe someone on the fedora list might have had > some success. > > I just purchased a belkin wireless g usb adapter and am not having any > luck getting it to work. > > The following is the output from various commands, if more info is > needed then I will post it back. > > Distro: Fedora 7 > Kernel: 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 > > I have created a ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > with the following: > > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > TYPE=Wireless > DEVICE=wlan0 > BOOTPROTO=static > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > IPADDR=192.168.1.60 > ONBOOT=yes > USERCTL=yes > IPV6INIT=no > PEERDNS=yes > ESSID=thedungeon > CHANNEL=11 > MODE=Managed > RATE=Auto > SECURITYMODE=open > > I have a keys-wlan0 file in that same directory with the wep key for my router. > > I set up a file named zd1211 in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory with > the following in it. > > alias wlan0 zd1211rw_mac80211 > > This is the output of dmesg immediately after inserting the usb adapter. > > usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 > usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 > wmaster0: Failed to select rate control algorithm > wmaster0: Failed to initialize rate control algorithm > usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 > zd1211rw_mac80211: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -2 > usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw_mac80211 > > This is the output of lsusb after inserting the adapter. > > Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a33 > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > When I try the run ifup wlan0 this is the output. > > zd1211rw_mac80211 device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying > initialization. > > Every thing I have read indicates that this device is supported in > linux, including the vendor and device id. > > Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. This may seem like a silly suggestion.... You can go to this page: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wireless-internet/poll-624-have-you-got-adaptor-work-yet.html And see that 3 folks got it to work, 3 said no, 3 said almost. Maybe you can contact the 3 that have it working and get an idea from them. Worth a shot? -- It is difficult to legislate morality in the absence of moral legislators.
